Robin Laing wrote:
Yes, exchange is a surprisingly good IMAP server (2000 or later
anyway), but you can't get the calendar that way and if there are a
lot of public folders on the server you need a client that can be
configure to only show subscribed folders (apple mail can't...). I
think everything should work through imaps too if your admin is
concerned about security.
You might be able to set up a server-side rule to forward or copy to
another server that would be easier to use. I use gmail for most mail
list traffic but pick it up with fetchmail so I can access it with
imap. This would also let me sort with procmail if I wanted.
Our IT staff are being told by someone new to the organization that it
is exchange and only exchange. No forwarding or anything else. They
even toasted our mail lists and supports mail lists for a few months.
No Imap, No pop. This even upsets our local IT staff.
Use the situation to demand a laptop just for the purpose of running
outlook. Park it next to your real desktop and run synergy so you can
share a keyboard and cut/paste between systems most of the time. It will
solve your problem and the person in charge obviously doesn't care about
costs.
I think the issues that I am having but you don't experience are because
I am not using Imap. I find Evolution works just like Outlook which I
hated worse than Internet Explorer in those few months I used Windows. I
played and played with all the settings for checking mail and processing
mail.
Outlook 2003 isn't all that bad. Earlier versions had a lot of
problems. I keep a windows box around with it running for the calendar
and the occasional visio attachment that I need to view. but actually
read most mail on TB via imap.
What I found was slowing the system down in regards to using filters was
it took forever to scan the messages and process them. I am not the
only person having these issues here. Even one of our IT members has
the same issues.
How's the speed if you use browser access to owa?
I will look at setting up an imap server on my computer once I install FC7.
If your organization doesn't prohibit outside internet access, you might
want to move all of your internet email (lists, etc.) to an outside
server. If you can find one that lets you use imap directly, so much
the better, but gmail is tolerable if you let fetchmail grab mail with
pop and dump it in your imap server. It actually has the advantage that
way in that you set up gmail to 'archive' as you download. Then you can
delete your copy as you read but if you want to go back or search for
something later you can use their web interface to access the saved copies.
As for hotkeys, I don't really need them.
I like to read in an unthreaded latest-first view but often want to see
the rest of a conversation so a quick bounce between threaded/unthreaded
is handy. On the mac, the generic hotkey setup in the OS is enough to
add it. There's also a plugin for TB for the other versions but I
haven't gotten around to installing it.
I won't look at Evolution until I see some changes that make it worth my
time. I really hate the way addresses are shown in the compose applet.
I prefer the individual line for each address. I also don't like the
date display for messages. I find the "Today, Yesterday ..." to be
confusing and distracting when I am scanning lists.
I'm not that picky - I just read backwards from newest until I run into
things I've already seen. The one thing that matters to me is that when
I hit delete, the selection should move to the next message.
> But that is my
personal preference. I still like Pine and use it for most of my system
admin mail. :)
Pine has to be the most bizarre user interface known to man. Elm/mutt
are sort-of tolerable but these days a plain text-only message is
uncommon except on internet lists.
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Les Mikesell
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